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Esotericism

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Esotericism - an introduction

(Author's note: this essay first appeared as part of " Integral Esotericism - Introduction" on Integral World, November 2006, and is here included with only a very few modifications. Despite being quite old, I am still happy with it as a good introduction to the subject. However, several of the hyperlinks point to or emphasise topics which represent a newer insight on my part - MAK 04 Oct 09)

The words "Esoteric" and "Esotericism" are used here in a very specific context, that pertains to the contemporary (19^th century onwards) "Wisdom Tradition" of the West. It is not to be confused with "esoteric" in the colloquial adjectival sense of something that is very specialised, technical, and difficult to master, such as "esoteric" mathematics, or that pertains to the minutiae of a particular area of common knowledge, such as "esoteric" baseball statistics.

In this definition, "Esoteric" refers to insight or understanding of inner (Greek: eso-) or spiritual or metaphysical realities, or a specific teaching or spiritual practice or path or "wisdom tradition" that is based on a mystical interpretation of spirituality, rather than a religious or slavish following of the outer words of scriptures, or pertains to transpersonal or transcendent states of existence. In contrast exoteric knowledge, is knowledge that is well-known or public, and does not require any such transformation of consciousness.

To give an example, Muslim fundamentalism which is based on a literal reading of the Holy Quran is "exoteric", whereas Sufism which looks at the inner meaning of the words and takes the scriptural account as metaphor (e.g. Mohammad's Night Flight to Jerusalem is interpreted as the ascent of consciousness) is "esoteric". Even progressive Islam which adopts a less restrictive and more academic and open-minded understanding provided by secular modernity is still "exoteric" because it is not based on a mystical and transcendent understanding of the hidden meanings of things.

Similar classifications between the "outer" "exoteric" and the "inner" "esoteric" approach to scripture and to spirituality can be made in Judaism and Christianity, while groups like Theosophy, Anthroposophy, Neo-Theosophy, and the "Fourth Way" teachings or "the Work" of G.I. Gurdjieff and Peter Ouspensky qualify as "esoteric" teachings.

All such esoteric teachings involve complex cosmological, cosmogonic, and anthropological speculations and accounts of the nature of reality and the spiritual path.

Another definition of "esoteric" is that it represents a special occult teaching that is available only to the initiate, and kept hidden from the profane masses. This form of "esoteric" was or is found in Ancient Egypt, in Pythagoreanism, in Hindu and Buddhist Tantra, in Rosicrucianism and Hermetic Occultism, and in Radhasoami, to give just a few examples. More recently initiation-based sects like Eckanker, TM, and Divine Light Mission could also be included here. Alternatively, such knowledge may be said to be secret not because of the desire of an exclusivist priesthood, but by its very nature, for example, if it is accessible only to those with the right intellectual or spirituality capacities.

Especially in the late 19^th and early to mid 20^th century occult movement of the West, these two definitions have often merged.

As such, Esoteric can pertain to the Religious (as mysticism), Occult, or Philosophical/Perennialist, which might broadly and simplistically be matched with the Emotional, Astral, and Mental dimensions of reality.

"Esotericism" is both the collective field under which these various "esoteric", cosmological, and occult teachings can be included, and a generic term for any representation or variation of the contemporary occult-spiritual Wisdom Tradition of the West, based on the Kabbalistic, Theosophical, Hermetic,New Age, and other such traditions. As such, "Esotericism" has an "inner", ontological, cosmological, mystical, and transpersonal focus and emphasis.

As much as both pertain to higher spiritual levels of attainment, there is some overlap between esotericism and mysticism. However, a mystic is not necessarily an esotericist. Mysticism is based on the devotional relationship with the Godhead, with the on prayer and bhakti (heart consciousness) towards the object of devotion. Esotericism may or may not incorporate this, but adds the additional element of spiritual or transcendent knowledge (gnosis). Thus Esotericism is based in part at least on the element of transcendent or transpersonal knowledge (gnosis). It constitutes a sort of spiritual intellectualism, in contrast to the simpler devotionalism of Mysticism. However, it is not the case that one is superior to the other.

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Muraqba, or Sufi Meditation.

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Muraqaba (Arabic: مراقبة) is the Sufi word for meditation. Literally it is an Arabic term which means "to watch over", "to take care of", or "to keep an eye". It implies that with meditation, a person watches over or takes care of his spiritual heart (or soul), and acquires knowledge about it, its surroundings, and its creator.^{[citation needed]}

Contents [hide] 1 Stages of Muraqaba 1.1 Ghanood (Somnolence) 1.2 Adraak 1.3 Warood 1.4 Gnosis of the universe 1.4.1 Kashaf' / Ilhaam 1.4.2 Shahood 1.4.3 Fatah 1.5 Gnosis of Allah 1.5.1 Fanaa 1.5.2 Sair illallah 1.5.3 Fana fillah 1.5.4 Sair min Allah 1.6 Baqaa billah 2 Types of muraqaba 2.1 Beginner level muraqabas 2.2 Middle level muraqabas 2.3 High level muraqabas 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 6 External links

[edit] Stages of Muraqaba

Following are the maqamat (Arabic: مقامات stages) in which sufis have broadly categorised their journey of ascension. This categorization is an arbitrary one, and each level is generally further divided into several sub-levels. During the process of enlightenment, some stages can merge or overlap each other.

[edit] Ghanood (Somnolence)

This is the starting level of meditation. When a person starts meditation, he enters into a somnolent or sleep state often. With the passage of time, the person goes into a state between sleep and wakefulness. So the person can remember that he saw something, but not specifically what it is.

[edit] Adraak

(Arabic: إدراك - cognition) With continuous practice of meditation, the sleepiness from meditation decreases. When the conscious mind is not suppressed by sleep and is able to focus, the person can receive the spiritual knowledge from his subconscious mind. At this stage, the person is unable to see or hear anything, but he is able to experience or perceive it.

[edit] Warood

(Arabic: ورود coming, beginning) When adraak (experience) becomes deep, it is exhibited as sight. The stage of warood starts when mental concentration is sustained and somnolence is at its minimum. As soon as the mind is focused, the spiritual eye is activated. The conscious mind is not used to see through the spiritual eye, so concentration comes and goes. Gradually, the mind gets used to this kind of visions and the mental focus is sustained. With practice, the visions/experience becomes so deep that the person starts considering himself a part of the experience rather than considering himself an observer.

[edit] Gnosis of the universe

[edit] Kashaf' / Ilhaam

Kashaf, or Ilhaam (Arabic: كشف/الهام unveiling of arcane knowledge) is the stage where man starts getting information that most people are unable to observe. In the beginning, this condition occurs suddenly without personal control. With practice, the mind gets so energized that it can get this knowledge by will.

[edit] Shahood

(Arabic: شهود evidence) When a person can get any information about any event/person with his will, this condition is called Shahood. This stage is broadly categorized according to activation of the senses:

1. The person can see things anywhere in the universe
2. The person can hear things anywhere in the universe
3. The person can smell things anywhere in the universe
4. The person can touch things anywhere in the universe (hadith)

[edit] Fatah

(Arabic: فتح opening, victory) The peak of Shahood is called Fatah. At this stage, the person doesn't need to close his eyes for meditation. Here the person is freed from both space and time. He can see/hear/taste/touch anything that are present anywhere in time and space.

[edit] Gnosis of Allah

[edit] Fanaa

Main article: Fanaa (Sufism)

(Arabic: فناء extinction, annihilation) Through a series of stages (maqamat) and subjective experiences (ahwal), this process of absorbation develops until complete annihilation of the self (fana) takes place and the person becomes al-insanul-kamil, the "perfect man". It is the disintegration of a person's narrow self-concept, social self- and limited intellect (feeling like a drop of water aware of being part of the ocean). The stage is also called Fana fit tawheed ("extinction with the unity"), and Fana fil Haq (Extinction in the reality).

[edit] Sair illallah

(Arabic: سيرٌ الى الله journey towards the God) Here the person starts his spiritual journey towards the ultimate reality of the universe, i.e. God. Also called Safr-e-Urooji

[edit] Fana fillah

(Arabic: فناء في الله Extinction of the self in God) One of the important phases of mystical experience which is attained by the grace of God by a traveller on the mystical path is the state of fana fi Allah, "extinction of the self in God". This is the state where the person becomes extinct in the will of God. It is important to mention that this is not incarnation or union. Most Sufis, while passing through this experience, have preferred to live in the greatest depth of silence which transcends all forms and sounds, and enjoy their union with the beloved.

• The highest stage of fana is reached when even the consciousness of having attained fana disappears. This is what the Sufis call "the passing-away of passing-away" (fana al-fana). The mystic is now wrapped in contemplation of the divine essence. (Nicholson, The Mystics of Islam, p. 60).
• Since it is a state of complete annihilation of carnal self, absorbation or intoxication in God, the pilgrim is unable to participate in worldly affairs, he is made to pass into another state known as Fana-al-Fana (forgetfulness of annihilation). It is a sort of oblivion of unconsciousness. Since two negatives make one positive, the pilgrim at this stage regains his individuality as he was when he started the journey. The only difference is that in the beginning he was self-conscious, but after having reposed in the Divine Being, he regains that sort of individuality which is God-consciousness or absorbation in God. This state is known as Baqa-bi-Allah — living or subsisting with God. (Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani, Gems of Sufi Gnosticism)[1]

[edit] Sair min Allah

(Arabic: سير من الله journey from the God) Here the person comes back to his existence. Also called Safr-e-Nuzooli.
No one can subsist with The Supreme Creator and to believe as such is shirk. What really happens is the person's awareness of Allah increases so much so that he forgets his own self and is totally lost in Allah's magnificence.

[edit] Baqaa billah

(Arabic: بقاء بالله eternal life in union with God The Creator) This is the state where man comes back to his existence and God appoints him to guide the humans. This is a state in which the individual is part of the world, but unconcerned about his or her rewards or position in it. This doctrine is further explained^{[improper synthesis?]} in Sahih Bukhari which states that God said:

And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks[2]

There is another verse from Qur'an, that is used to explain this concept.

We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.(50:16)

When Sufis have come out of the Fana fillah state and enter Baqa billah, many of them have produced works of unsurpassed glory, especially in the fields of philosophy, literature, and music. These works have crowned the culture of the entire Islamic world and inspired Sufis and non-Sufis for generations. As the great Persian Sufi poet, Hafez of Shiraz, who is fondly remembered as the "tongue of the unseen", said centuries ago: "He whose heart is alive with love, never dies.". Allah says about these people in the Qur'an:

"Lo, indeed, the friends of God have no fear, nor are they grieved."

[edit] Types of muraqaba

There are many different kinds of muraqaba that are practiced in various Sufi schools in different parts of the world. Following is a list of the ones commonly practiced.

[edit] Beginner level muraqabas

1. Muraqaba of light

   These are usually used for beginners, or for cure of various diseases.

   • Violet
   • Indigo
   • Blue
   • Turquoise
   • Green
   • Yellow
   • Orange
   • Pink
   • Red
2. Ehsan
3. Noor (Invisible Light)
4. Haatif-e-Ghabi (Unhearable sound of Cosmos)
5. Names of God -- For getting acquaintance with attributes of God
6. Allah (Proper name of God) -- Final level of Muraqaba of names of God.

[edit] Middle level muraqabas

1. Maot (Arabic: موت Death) -- For getting acquaintance with life after Death
2. Qalb (Arabic: قلب Heart) -- For getting acquaintance with Spiritual Heart
3. Wahdat (Arabic: وحده Unity) -- For getting acquaintance with the reason behind cosmic unity i.e. God's will
4. La (Arabic: لا Nothingness) -- For getting acquaintance with material lessness, or non-material universe

   Adam (Pre-existence) -- Next level of Muraqaba of Nothingness.

5. Fana (Arabic: فناء Annihilation) -- Annihilation of Self, getting acquaintance with the alpha and omega of universe.

[edit] High level muraqabas

1. Tasawwur-e-Sheikh (Arabic: تصور الشيخ Focusing mind on master) -- To facilitate the transfer of spiritual knowledge from master to student.
2. Tasawwur-e-Rasool (Arabic: تصور الرسول Focusing mind on prophet) -- To facilitate the transfer of Faiz (arcane spiritual knowledge) from prophet to student. This focusing of mind is done on Muhammad.
3. Tasawwur-e-zat-e-Ilaahi (Arabic: تصور الذات الإلاهي Focusing Mind on God) -- With the help of this Muraqaba, the student experiences the Tajalli-e-Zaat of God.

[edit] See also

• Captain Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani

[edit] References

• Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (2005) Muraqaba: The Art and Science of Sufi Meditation. Houston: Plato, 2005, ISBN 0-9758875-4-8

[edit] External links

• What is Muraqaba by Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi, Patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia.
• Naqshbandi Healing Power of Sufi Meditation

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List of Sufi orders or brotherhoods (Tariqa)

Contents   [hide]  1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 F 6 G 7 H 8 I 9 J 10 K 11 M 12 N 13 O 14 Q 15 R 16 S 17 T 18 U 19 W 20 Y 21 Z 22 Non-traditional Sufi groups 23 See also 24 External links

[edit]A

• 'Arusiyya
• Aamiria
• Aâbid
• Abbasiyya
• Abululai (also Abululaiya)
• Adhamiyya
• Adrawiyya
• Agamiyya
• Ahmadiya [Imamut-Tarikat Sheikh Borhanuddin Uyesi (R:)]
• Ahiyya
• Ahmadiyya-Idrissiyya
• Aissawa (also Aïssâwa, Issâwa, Aïssaoua, Issaoua)
• Al Akbariyya
• Akmaliyya (Haqmaliyya)
• Alamiyya
• Darqawiyya Alawiyya
• Alawi (Morocco)
• Aliyallahiyya
• Alwaniyya
• Amariyya
• Amgariyya
• Ansariyya
• Aq Tagh (see Naqshbandi)
• Arusiyya
• Arusiyyah-Qadiriyyah
• Ashrafi
• Ashuriyya
• Aslammiya > Naqshbadia
• Awhadiyya
• Aydarusiyya
• Azimiyya (also Silsila-e-Azeemia, Al Azeemia Sufi Order)
• [Attari]Dawat-e-Islami

[edit]B

• Ba 'Alawiyya (also Tariqa Alawiyya)
• Ba'Alawi-Atissiyya
• Badawiyya
• Bakka'iyya
• Bayaniyya
• Bayramiye (also Bayramī, Bayramiye, Bayramiyya, Bayramiyye, and Bayramilik)
• Bayramaniyya
• Bektaşi (Bektashi Order)
• Beshara
• Bidariyya
• Blaketeshi
• Budshishiyya
• Bu'Azzawiyya
• Bunuhiyya
• Burhaniyya (also Burhaniya)
• Bu'Shaïchiyya

[edit]C

• Caznazaniyya (also Kasnazani)
• Charkawiyya (see Darqawa)
• Chishti Order (also Chistiyya)
  • Ashrafi
  • Gudra Shahi/Zahuri
  • Habibi
  • Qadiri
  • Niyazi Sufi Order

[edit]D

• Dahabiyya
• Damardasiyya
• Dandarawiyya
• Dar ul Ehsan
• Darqawa (also Darqawiyya)
• Dassuqi Borhani
• Dasuqi (also Dasuqiyya)
• Debbaba
• Dghoghiyya
• Dhahabiyya
• Dila'iyya
• Dscha'fariyya

[edit]F

• Fatimiya Sufi Order
• Fazli Qadri
• Fadeliyya (Ma al-'Aynayn)
• Fidawiyya
• Firdausiyya

[edit]G

• Galibi Order
• Gadiriyya (see Qadiriyya)
• Ganduzyya
• Ghaziyya
• Gudfiyya (also Goudfiyya)
• Gudra Shahi/Zahuri
• Gulshani (also Gülsheni)

[edit]H

• Habashiyya
• Habibi
• Hadarat
• Haddadiyya
• Hadefiste
• Haksariyya
• Halwatiyya (also Halveti, Khalwatiyya, Khalwati order)
• Hamadisha
• Hamallayya
• Hamdawa
• Hammadaniyya
• Hanassa
• Hansaliyya
• Haqqani
• Harbiyya
• Haririyya
• Harqawa
• Hawariyya (within Nadhariyya)
• Hayatiyya
• Haydariyya
• Heddawa (Drabliyya)
• Hindiyya
• Hmadsa
• Hurufiyya

[edit]I

• Idrisiyya
• Ishqiyya

[edit]J

• Ja'Fariyya > Dscha'Fariyya
• Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah)
• Jazouliyya
• Jelveti (also Jalwatiyya)
• Jerrahi (also Jerrahiyya, Cerrahiyye, Cerrahilik)
• Jilaliyya
• Junaidiyya

[edit]K

• Kaftâryya
• Kara Tagh
• Kaylâniyya
• Kasnazani
• Kazaruniyya
• Kerzaziyya
• Kettaniyya
• Khwajagan (also Khajagan, Khwaja, Khaja(h), Khawaja or khuwaja)
• Khaksar
• Khalwati order (also Khalwatiyya, Halveti)
  • Gulshani
  • Jerrahi (also Jerrahiyya)
  • Nasuhi
  • Rahmani
  • Sunbuli
  • Ussaki
• Khalidiyya (also Khalidi)
• Khatmiyya
• Khidriyya
• Khufiyya
• Kubrawiyya (also Kibruyeh, Kubrawiya)
  • Dhahabiyya
  • Hammadaniyya

[edit]M

• Maizbhandaria
• Madariyya (also Madariya, Tabaqatiya)
  • Malang
• Majdhubiyya
• Malamatiyya (also Malamatis)
• Malamiyya
• Marufi
• Maryamiyya
• Mazhariyya
• Mdgoriyya
• Mevlevi Order (also Mawlawiyyah, Mevlevi, "Whirling Dervishes")
• Mirganiyya
• Morabitum & Sufitum
• Mouride (also Muridiyya, Yoonu murit, Aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyya, Murīdiyya)
• Mudjadidiyya
• Muhammadiyaa

[edit]N

• Naqshbandi (also as-Siddiqiyya, at-Tayfuriyya, Hodja, Naqshbandiyya, an-Naqshbandiyyah, Nakşibendi, Naksbendi, Naksbandi)
  • Aq Tagh
  • Haqqani
  • Husayniya
  • Jahriyya (also Jahrīya or Jahriyah)
  • Kara Tagh
  • Khwajagan (also Khajagan)
  • Khalidiyya
  • Khufiyya
  • Mudjadidiyya
  • Mujaddadiyah-Mujarradiyah
  • Uwaisi
• Nasiriyya
• Nadhariyya (also Nadhara whose center was in Kodungallur)
• Nasuhi
• Naushahi
• Ni'matullāhī (also Ni'matallahi, Nimatullahi, Nimatollahi, Nematollahi)
• Ni'Matullahi Safi Ali Shah
• Nisbat-e-Rasooli
• Nizami
• Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order
• Nuraniyya
• Nurbakshiyya

[edit]O

• Omariyya
• Oveyssi

[edit]Q

• Qadiriyya (also Qadri, Qadriya, Kadri, Elkadri, Elkadry, Aladray, Adray, Kadray, Qadiri or Qadri)
  • Arusiyya-Qadiriyya
  • Ashrafi
  • Boutchichiyya
  • Fadelliyya
  • Kasnazani
  • Naushahiyya
  • Rifa'i
  • Sarwari Qadiri
  • Siddiyya
  • Summadiyya
• Qadiriyyah wa Naqshbandiyyah
• Qadiriyyatun Nabaviyyah
• Qadiriyya-Mukhtariyya Brotherhood
• Qalandariyya (also Qalandari)
• Qadri Al-Muntahi
• Qadri-Qadeeri Silsila
• Qadiri Boutchichi
• Qarnaiyniyah

[edit]R

• Rabiiciya
• Radawiyya
• Rahalla (Rahalliyya)
• Rahmaniyya
• Rajabiyya
• Ramazaniyya
• Rashidiyya
• Rifa'i (also Rufa'i, Rifa'iyya, Rifa'iya)
  • Marufi
• Roshaniyya
• Rüfai

[edit]S

• Sa'diyya
• Sadiqiyya
• Safaviyya (also Safaviya, Safawiyya)
• Saharàwa
• Sahliyya
• Salihiyya
• Samarqandiyya
• Sammaniyya
• Sarwari Qadiri (also Sarwariyya)
• Sa'udiyya
• Senussi (also Sanussi, Sanussiyya, Sanusiyya)
  • Khidriyya
• Shadhili (also Shadhiliyya, Chadeliyya)
  • Dasuqi Borhani
• Shahawiyya
• Shah Maghsoudiyya
• Shamsiyya
• Shangitiyya
• Sharnubiyya
• Shattari (also Shattariyya)
• Shaykiyya
• Shaziliyya
• Sherqawa
• Sidiyya
• Siddiqiyya
• Sirajiyah Haqqaniya
• Sufi Order International
• Sufism Reoriented
• Sufitum Order Spain
• Suhrawardiyya
• Summadiyya
• Sunbuli (See Khalwati)
• Syattariyya

[edit]T

• Tabba'iyya
• Tahtajis
• Taibiyya
• Taifuriyya
• Taziyya
• Thama
• Tijaniyyah (also Tijaniyya, Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, Tijani)
  • Hadefiste
  • Omariyya
• Toradiyya
• Tariqa Sufitum

[edit]U

• Ukayliyyah
• 'Uluwiyya
• Ussaki (see Khalwati order)
• Uqayliyyah
• Uwaisi

[edit]W

• Wahidiyya
• Wazzaniyya
• Wastiyya
• Warsia (also known as Warsi)

[edit]Y

• Yaschrutiyya
• Yassawiyya (Yeseviyya)
• Younousiyya
• Youssoufiyya

[edit]Z

• Zarouqiyya
• Zahediyeh (also Zahediyya)
• Zayniyya
• Ziyaniyya

[edit]Non-traditional Sufi groups

• The Golden Sufi Center
• International Association of Sufism
• International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
• International Sufi Movement
• Mevlevi Order of America
• Sufi Foundation of America
• Sufi Order International
• Sufi Ruhaniat International
• Sufism Reoriented
• The Nation Of God's And Earths [NGE]
• The Nation Of Islam
• The Moorish Science Temple [ISLAMISM]

[edit]See also

• Tariqah

[edit]External links

• Mevlevi Order of America
• International Association of Sufism
• Sufi Ruhaniat International
• International Sufi Movement
• Golden Sufi Center
• Sufi Foundation of America
• Sufi Live
• Azeemi Silsila

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